The Portuguese Pavilion’s “Neighbourhood – Where Álvaro meets Aldo” exhibition at the Giudecca for the Venice Biennale offers food for thought on making architecture today. The exhibition was conceived in an open place and a closed one: amid the constructed spaces of the Campo di Marte housing designed by Siza in 1985 and in a worksite shed converted to exhibition space containing models, videos and film clips. These illustrate the close relationship between Álvaro Siza and social building, examining his works in four different neighbourhoods in Porto, Berlin, The Hague and Venice.
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